Global child poverty and well-being measurement, concepts, policy and action

This title is an edited collection covering key issues in global child poverty.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores:	Minujin Z., Alberto (-), Nandy, Shailen
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press 2012.
Colección:	EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion.
Acceso en línea:	Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:	https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35569220*spi

Tabla de Contenidos:

1. Introduction
2. Child rights, child survival and child poverty: the debate
3. Equity begins with children
4. Measuring child poverty and deprivation
5. Beyond headcount: measures that reflect the breadth and components of child poverty
6. Defining child poverty in South Africa using the socially perceived necessities approach
7. Child well-being in the US: proposal for the development of a 'Tots Index' using the human development conceptual framework
8. A snapshot of child well-being in transition countries: exploring new methods of monitoring child well-being
9. Enhancing the fight against child poverty in the European Union: a benchmarking exercise
12. A multidimensional profile of child poverty in Congo Brazzaville
13. Multidimensional child poverty in Vietnam
14. Multidimensional child deprivation in Iran
15. Multidimensional child poverty in Haiti1
16. Child poverty in Latin America: multiple deprivation and monetary measures combined
17. Changes in child poverty and deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia at the end of the 20th century
18. Utopia calling: eradicating child poverty in the United Kingdom and beyond
19. Continuity and change in poor children's lives: evidence from Young Lives
20. Policy implications of multidimensional poverty measurement in Morocco
21. A multidimensional response to tackling child poverty and disparities: reflections from the Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities
22. Investment in social security: a possible United Nations model for child benefit?
23. Conclusion
1. Introduction
Who is this book for?
Outline of the book
2. Child rights, child survival and child poverty: the debate
Introduction
Outlining the case for a human rights approach to child poverty
Child poverty: practical obstacles to the realisation of child rights
Relationship between child poverty and child rights: methodological issues
Conclusion
3. Equity begins with children
Growth-mediated development
Aggregate growth versus disaggregated reality
Poverty reduction must begin with children
Equity-mediated development
Ripple effects
Can equity be promoted?
Conclusion
4. Measuring child poverty and deprivation
Introduction
Child poverty measurement methodology
Scientific measurement of child poverty
Scientific child poverty measurement using both deprivation and low income
Dynamics of poverty
How not to measure child poverty
A worked example from Mexico
Conclusion
5. Beyond headcount: measures that reflect the breadth and components of child poverty
Introduction
Child poverty and multidimensional measurement
Alkire-Foster approach to multidimensional poverty measurement
An illustrative application: indicators of child poverty in Bangladesh
Under-five child poverty in Bangladesh (1997-2007)
Conclusion
6. Defining child poverty in South Africa using the socially perceived necessities approach
Introduction
Data and methods
Defining socially perceived necessities
Discussion: challenges
7. Child well-being in the US: proposal for the development of a 'Tots Index' using the human development conceptual framework
Introduction
American Human Development Index and measuring child well-being
Why the concern with young children?
Existing methodologies for measuring child well-being in an affluent country context
Proposing the 'Tots Index': a composite measure of young child well-being
Conclusion
8. A snapshot of child well-being in transition countries: exploring new methods of monitoring child well-being
Introduction
Methods
Child well-being in Central and Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States
Overall picture of child well-being in Central and Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States
First résumé: Potential and limitations of the Child Well-Being Index
Ways forward
9. Enhancing the fight against child poverty in the European Union: a benchmarking exercise
The fight against child poverty: a European Union priority
Child poverty and its main determinants: a framework for European Union benchmarking
Twenty million children are living under the poverty threshold in the European Union
Key determinants of child poverty: household characteristics, labour market situation of parents and the effectiveness of government intervention
The diagnosis
What happened since 2007 and the way forward
10.Assessing child well-being in developing countries: making policies work for children
Definitions and purpose
A preliminary paradigm for child policies and outcomes in developing countries
Findings
Discussion
11.Multidimensional child poverty in Tanzania: analysis of situation, changes and sensitivity of thresholds1
Introduction
Methodological considerations
Child poverty
Child poverty changes between 1999 and 2004/05
Sensitivity analysis: adapting the thresholds to the Tanzania context
Conclusion: child poverty in Tanzania, an intolerable but hopeful story
12. A multidimensional profile of child poverty in Congo Brazzaville
Introduction1
Methodology: concepts, indicators and data
Patterns of deprivation within and across dimensions
Poverty profile
Conclusion.
13. Multidimensional child poverty in Vietnam
Introduction
Multidimensional child poverty in Vietnam from a country-specific and child-focused perspective
Data and methodology
A detailed picture of child poverty in Vietnam
Overlap of domain poverty
Conclusion
14. Multidimensional child deprivation in Iran
Introduction
Contextual analysis
Methodology and conceptual framework
Rationale behind the choices for the indicators in the Iranian context
Data analysis
Conclusion
15. Multidimensional child poverty in Haiti1
Introduction
Overview of child poverty in Haiti
Deprivation and absolute poverty of children in Haiti, 2000-05
Child poverty and deprivation in Haiti
Conclusion
16. Child poverty in Latin America: multiple deprivation and monetary measures combined
Introduction
Conceptual approach: the notion of child poverty
Measuring child poverty: the methodological approaches used in this study
The data: household surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
Principal results
The double face of child poverty: lack of resources and multiple deprivations
Conclusion and recommendations
17. Changes in child poverty and deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia at the end of the 20th century
Introduction
Estimating child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Child poverty and deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1995-2000
Gender disparities
Child poverty and deprivation in South Asia, 1995-2000
Comparing regional profiles
Discussion
Conclusion
18. Utopia calling: eradicating child poverty in the United Kingdom and beyond
Utopia as archaeology: the limitations of current proposals
Utopia as architecture: a wider view
Beyond the nation state
19. Continuity and change in poor children's lives: evidence from Young Lives
Introduction
Design of Young Lives research
Conceptual and analytical framework
Analytical framework
Key findings and trends
Intergenerational transmission of poverty
Conclusion
20. Policy implications of multidimensional poverty measurement in Morocco
Background
Poverty measurement practice in Morocco
A breakthrough in international child poverty measurement
Methodology used in the present research
Source of data
Summary of findings by sociodemographic characteristics
Policy implications
Further work to be done
21. A multidimensional response to tackling child poverty and disparities: reflections from the Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities
Introduction
Defining child poverty
Guiding principles
Forging strategic partnerships
Using a multidimensional lens
Highlighting the importance of equity
Addressing impacts of the global economic crisis
Linking budgets to child outcomes
Key policy messages
Advocating for change
22. Investment in social security: a possible United Nations model for child benefit?
Consequences of child poverty and multiple deprivation
Using child rights to construct policies to defeat child poverty
International responsibility for funding
A currency transfer tax: new resources for child benefit and social security
23. Conclusion.

Global child poverty and well-being measurement, concepts, policy and action

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